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KYPRIANOS M922

Sigla: question mark icon Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.

P. Oxy. LXXXII 5305
P. Oxy. 82 5305
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 2 1B.94/G(f)

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro. Col. 1 ll. 1-14: Magical recipe of unclear purpose
2. Ro. Col. 1 ll. 15-27: Unclear; healing spell?
3. Ro. Col. 2 ll. 1-3: Spell to restrain anger (thumokatokhon)
4. Ro. Col. 2 ll. 4-24: Spell to restrain anger (thumokatokhon)
5. Ro. Col. 3 ll. 1-3: Love spell (agogimon)
6. Ro. Col. 3 ll. 4-12: “Spell to a drinking cup”; purpose unclear (love spell?)
7. Ro. Col. 3 ll. 13-21: Spell for favour (charitesion)
8. Ro. Col. 4 ll. 1-19: Love spell
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 251 – 300
Date notes:

TM (17/1/2021).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A50
Archive name: Oxyrhynchus Astrological-Magical Archive
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Roll
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 18.5 Width: 38.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Maltomini 2016: p. 64.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

4
Pages/Columns (notes):

4 surviving columns on recto (→), 27, 24, 20 and 19 lines preserved.
Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
Collection History:

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website: http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL1.10&d=HASHd77c8621fcd72fb928db

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Maltomini, Franco. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 82 (P. Oxy. LXXXII) . London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2016, p. 64-76, no. 5305.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

702430

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 41 ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” AKZ: question mark icon Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte CBd: question mark icon Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database Mert.-Pack: question mark icon Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (19/3/2019); ST (17/1/2021); KD (18/2/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M922," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m922. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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